Australian Beach Cultures: The History of Sun, Sand and Surf
Australians are surrounded by beaches. But this enclosure is more than a geographical fact for the inhabitants of an island continent; the beach is an integral part of the cultural envelope. This work analyzes the history of the beach as an integral aspect of Australian culture.
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Australian Beach Cultures: The History of Sun, Sand and Surf
Australians are surrounded by beaches. But this enclosure is more than a geographical fact for the inhabitants of an island continent; the beach is an integral part of the cultural envelope. This work analyzes the history of the beach as an integral aspect of Australian culture.
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Australian Beach Cultures: The History of Sun, Sand and Surf

Australian Beach Cultures: The History of Sun, Sand and Surf

by Douglas Booth
Australian Beach Cultures: The History of Sun, Sand and Surf

Australian Beach Cultures: The History of Sun, Sand and Surf

by Douglas Booth

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Australians are surrounded by beaches. But this enclosure is more than a geographical fact for the inhabitants of an island continent; the beach is an integral part of the cultural envelope. This work analyzes the history of the beach as an integral aspect of Australian culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781136338472
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/06/2012
Series: Sport in the Global Society
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 284
File size: 2 MB

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Douglas Booth

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Prof.Jon Stratton (Curtin University of Technology)

"necessary reading...This is the book on the history of beach culture in Australia for which all of us concerned with Australian popular culture have been waiting."



The Manly Daily

"Booth has created a social history of Australia

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